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Thanks! - EIChttp://www.newsaroundus.com/noreply@blogger.com (skn)Blogger1933125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2433756650947078728Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +00002012-02-16T13:43:01.085+08:00PhilippinesYouth IssuesWar and PeaceTrainings Silsilah is starting  a new program for  Muslim and Christian leaders of  Mindanao to respond the  request of formation as a   concrete answer to the  World Interfaith Harmony Week  which was proposed   by the United Nations and also  implemented in Zamboanga City  by  the  National  Ulama Council of  the Philippines(NUCP) in partnership with Silsilah Dialogue Movement and  many other  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/Fsw4eYqefBE/silsilah-announces-formation-program.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/Fsw4eYqefBE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/silsilah-announces-formation-program.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-7049228434466111678Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:28:00 +00002012-02-16T07:28:00.429+08:00PhilippinesSM SupermallsAdvocacy and Campaigns Partnering with international and national organizations; Food and Agriculture Organization, International Labor Organization, UNICEF, World Food Programme and World Health Organization, Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund-2030, Department of Health’s National Nutrition Council, SM Supermalls through its Breastfeeding Committee recently took part in the first running campaign that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/8aU98ogZLWM/sm-joins-1st-fun-run-for-breastfeeding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/8aU98ogZLWM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/sm-joins-1st-fun-run-for-breastfeeding.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-4493111738778372657Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +00002012-02-15T21:00:03.606+08:00ComputerTaiwanInformation Technology Cebu City, Philippines – Government of the Philippines (GPH) chief negotiator Alexander Padilla underlined the need to focus on the main issues for peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) to move forward. “If both sides agree to stick to the main comprehensive agreements and not the sidehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/rxg8ypqdjVg/stick-to-main-issues-for-peace-talks-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/rxg8ypqdjVg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/stick-to-main-issues-for-peace-talks-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-4411703456922887834Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:01:00 +00002012-02-14T15:02:40.619+08:00PhilippinesPolitics Manila, Philippines - RUNNING priest Fr. Robert Reyes led 100 runners in a 10-kilometer Valentine Run for a Cause from Taft Avenue in Manila to the Supreme Court and to the Philippine Senate on Valentine’s Day as the group expressed their true feelings about impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona. Reyes will be joined by citizens’ groups from the Impeachment Monitor (I-Monitor), a students http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/FAY6h1q4ejw/running-priest-leads-citizens-valentine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/FAY6h1q4ejw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/running-priest-leads-citizens-valentine.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6309022812172809896Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:00 +00002012-02-10T17:42:06.998+08:00Gadgets and GizmosInformation TechnologyApple There are rumors circulating that Apple will be launching iPad 3 by March through an event.  If this is true then it would exactly be a year after iPad 2 was launched way back March 2.  Following the old timeline iPad 3 might be available in stores by the third week of March 2012. Is this a hoax or a reality?  Well for some they would say that this is coming too soon specially for those whohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/mKRqwp8uDCs/apple-ipad-3-is-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/mKRqwp8uDCs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/apple-ipad-3-is-coming.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-177456842118562497Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:19:00 +00002012-02-09T14:19:44.811+08:00PhilippinesTV ShowsTV 5Entertainment A remake of the 1992 hit soap opera Valiente will begin airing Monday, February 13, 2012 at 9:00pm after Wil Time Bigtime on TV 5.  Valiente 2012 will feature  JC de Vera, Oyo Boy Sotto, Nadine Samonte and Niña Jose under  Archangel Productions.  Like the 1992 soap opera, the musical score was done by Vic Sotto. The original Valiente aired for 5 years first on ABS-CBN from 1992-1995 and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/mg0bvBBS04U/valiente-2012-airs-on-tv-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/mg0bvBBS04U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/valiente-2012-airs-on-tv-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-1295768709067788078Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:34:00 +00002012-02-06T12:35:04.037+08:00PhilippinesDisasters A strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.9 hits Negros and Cebu, Philippines on February 6, 2012.  Iloilo City was also hit by a magnitude 5 and the areas of Kalibo, Aklan; San Jose de Buenavista and Pandan, Antique and Dipolog City felt magnitude 4 according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The February 6, 2012 Cebu earthquake  has a depth of 33km, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/HGkV0y0WZfs/earthquake-hits-cebu-city-philippines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/HGkV0y0WZfs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/earthquake-hits-cebu-city-philippines.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2610076562746880852Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:32:00 +00002012-02-04T15:34:30.448+08:00PhilippinesAwardsWar and Peace Manila, Feb. 4 – Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles on Friday received the 2011 Metrobank Foundation Professorial Chair for Public Service and Governance Award for her notable contributions in the fields of peace and development as a civil society member and a government official. The awarding ceremony was held at the Escaler Hall of the Science Education http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/vg89ytdlq_U/secdeles-of-opapp-receives-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/vg89ytdlq_U" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/secdeles-of-opapp-receives-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2455233278613740208Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:34:00 +00002012-02-04T13:36:13.563+08:00PhilippinesHoax and ScamsInformation TechnologyScams Nuffnang, one of the primary advertising agency and platform in the Philippines and some countries in Asia had been scammed and attacked by web forgery.  The website which is www.nuffnung.com imitates the original Nuffnang website in the Philippines, www.nuffnang.com.ph. Nuffnang administrators said that the attack was an eventual attempt to do phising attacks and gather a huge blogger http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/5EMfLM4HpkM/nuffnang-philippines-gets-scammed-seeks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/5EMfLM4HpkM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/nuffnang-philippines-gets-scammed-seeks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6913331113644910597Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:56:00 +00002012-02-01T13:59:22.300+08:00PhilippinesUnited NationsAdvocacy and Campaigns Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman and World Food Programme Philippines Country Director and Representative Stephen Anderson recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement to strengthen the DSWD’s disaster response capacity. The partnership, funded by the USAID/Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance, aims to use information and communication http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/NhhOJxoA48M/wfp-supports-philippines-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/NhhOJxoA48M" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/02/wfp-supports-philippines-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-4505311515913126890Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:05:00 +00002012-01-31T17:05:41.995+08:00PhilippinesWar and PeaceAdvocacy and Campaigns Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Jan. 31 – For almost two years, the gently sloping terrain of this once ancient seat of Islamic civilization in southern Philippines had been a picture of lost dreams and uncertain future. Tents, which housed roughly 2,000 families displaced by war during the height of the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain debacle in 2008, used to line up the paths andhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/1KVVQOe8xeg/displaced-families-in-mindanao-rebuild.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/1KVVQOe8xeg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/displaced-families-in-mindanao-rebuild.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-3045788303646360844Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:40:00 +00002012-01-30T09:40:33.201+08:00PhilippinesYouth IssuesWar and PeaceTrainingsAdvocacy and CampaignsYouth PeaceTech is looking for 80 young people who will be trained to be young ambassadors of peace.  PeaceTech will select 40 youth leaders in Metro Manila/Cebu region and 40 selected youth leaders in Mindanao for a program that will connect them to promote solidarity and increase understanding about peace issues affecting them and the country as a whole. The PeaceTech Youth Ambassador Program http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/q9ZxEq5fkSw/youth-peace-ambassadors-needed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/q9ZxEq5fkSw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/youth-peace-ambassadors-needed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-8287968904787463316Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:10:00 +00002012-01-29T14:12:05.435+08:00PhilippinesABS-CBNWillie RevillameTV5Entertainment The news that ABS-CBN noontime show "Happy Yipee Yehey" will be cancelled had gone out of the box.  The noontime shows which features John Estrada and Randy Santiago will be airing their last episode on February 4, SATURDAY. Happy Yipee Yehey hosts also includes Toni Gonzaga, Rico J. Puno, Pokwang,  John Prats, Matteo Guidicelli, and Bianca Manalo..  The show first aired on February 12, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/SgWK925VYzg/happy-yipee-yehey-cancelled-willie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/SgWK925VYzg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/happy-yipee-yehey-cancelled-willie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-5700857210402611977Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:53:00 +00002012-01-29T13:53:02.635+08:00Information TechnologyInternet Twitter had announced a major move earlier to bring censorship into the content of its tweets.  This is among the latest development in a seemingly changing landscape of the internet.  Last week Megaupload and Magavideo was faced with an FBI IPO charged that caused its eventual end of life. "As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about thehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/D8xFM_XERpg/twitter-will-soon-be-issuing-censorship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/D8xFM_XERpg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/twitter-will-soon-be-issuing-censorship.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-3538542760035949965Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:08:00 +00002012-01-21T15:08:31.897+08:00YouTube VideosMusicUnited StatesEntertainment An 8-year old kid decided to create her first music video, "My First Hardcore Song."  Her music of choice is extraordinary.Well, it is extraordinary in the sense that in her age she decided to do a hardcore song instead.  Well, without looking at others she might be one of the youngest punk hardcore rockers out there. "Let's open up this pit!" she yells, slamming on a trampoline filled with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/gjG4X1qTz1E/youngest-punk-rocker-takes-youtube-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/gjG4X1qTz1E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/youngest-punk-rocker-takes-youtube-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-1615538666939118610Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:45:00 +00002012-01-21T14:45:32.516+08:00Information TechnologyInternet "Facebook makes you unhappy."  You read that right everyone because according to the study, which was published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking found out that those who spend more time on the internet or Facebook are more likely to report that they are unhappy than those who spent more time socializing with them in real life were less likely to report they were  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/T7UrsAROQk0/facebook-makes-you-unhappy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/T7UrsAROQk0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/facebook-makes-you-unhappy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6850726065939292373Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:00:00 +00002012-01-21T05:00:02.227+08:00United StatesPoliticsInformation TechnologyInternet Venture capitalist Brad Burnham shares his views on the proposed SOPA / PIPA legislation. Is the controversy really about free speech, or is it just another showdown between rich and powerful Hollywood, and even richer and more powerful Silicon Valley? How will SOPA and PIPA affect everyone. Check out his in-dept analysis below. Now after knowing what SOPA is, we recommend youhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/tbhR57xJGow/information-war-begins-why-stop-sopa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/tbhR57xJGow" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/information-war-begins-why-stop-sopa.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6961900601867824273Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:00 +00002012-01-20T20:00:02.678+08:00PhilippinesWar and PeacePoliticsinsurgency BACOLOD CITY, PHILIPPINES – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) continues to stress that convergence plays a key role in the forging of a closure pact with the Tabara-Paduano Group (TPG) of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas-Revolutionary Proletarian Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPMP-RPA-ABB). The closure pact, which is set to be signed withinhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/jMypdJCwGlM/convergence-to-help-forge-rpmp-rpa-abb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/jMypdJCwGlM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/convergence-to-help-forge-rpmp-rpa-abb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-2993643625340417651Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:58:00 +00002012-01-20T16:58:46.154+08:00PoliticsInformation TechnologyAdvocacy and CampaignsInternet The News Around Us is an active supporter of Avaaz.org and today we stand by the PROTEST AGAINST THE SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).  We invite all our readers and visitors to read the invitation below from Avaaz to STOP SOPA and PIPA! Today could be the day we save the free Internet.  The US Congress was poised to pass a law allowing officials to censor access to any website around the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/uYxa_REL1aI/blackout-save-internet-today.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/uYxa_REL1aI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/blackout-save-internet-today.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-565270073021925125Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:03:00 +00002012-01-20T12:03:42.580+08:00PhilippinesEnvironmentAdvocacy and Campaigns PAMPANGA, PHILIPPINES - Multi-sectoral groups holds a forum January 20 to educate the public on the dangers posted by persistent and proposed mining in the Province of Pampanga in the Philippines particularly in Mt. Negron in Porac, and Mt. Abo among others.  If remain unchecked, Pampanga might end up in a disaster situation worst that that of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption. "In the issue of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/_GADaPXS4fo/pampanga-in-danger-of-major-disaster.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/_GADaPXS4fo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/pampanga-in-danger-of-major-disaster.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-578432636200111018Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:38:00 +00002012-01-19T08:38:54.116+08:00United StatesPoliticsInformation TechnologyInternet Major websites created a simulation of an internet blackout, January 18, 2012.  It is a black out which might be the effect if a pending legislation in the US Congress the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA gets passed.  Websites like Google, Wikipedia and many others join the call for people to send letters to Congress telling their objection of the SOPA. HR 3261 was introduced by Rep. Lamar http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/sbjkTJy2GzQ/stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-creates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/sbjkTJy2GzQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/stop-online-piracy-act-sopa-creates.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-8904926306010823221Sat, 14 Jan 2012 05:10:00 +00002012-01-14T13:10:37.326+08:00SportsUnited StatesNBAOrlando Magic Dwight Howard of Orlando Magic breaks the 50-year old record of Wilt Chamberlain at the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The new record was made in their game against the Golden State Warriors.  Howard made a record breaking 39 free throws offsetting Chamberlain's 34.  Orlando Magic won the game 117-119 “I knew he was shooting a lot of free throws,” said Al Attles, who now works as anhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/aRwdEcKPLgo/dwight-howard-breaks-wilt-chamberlains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/aRwdEcKPLgo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/dwight-howard-breaks-wilt-chamberlains.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-4193624577144842585Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:20:00 +00002012-01-12T17:20:19.758+08:00PhilippinesUnited NationsDisasters Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Philippine Government are extending the emergency response to Tropical Storm Washi (Typhoon Sendong) to focus on remote, cut-off areas around Iligan City. Working closely with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and with airlift support from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, WFP http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/_2MkRUPGAvQ/wfp-helps-philippine-government-reach.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/_2MkRUPGAvQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/wfp-helps-philippine-government-reach.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883247330270883773.post-6725744268815260530Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:15:00 +00002012-01-12T16:16:46.148+08:00PhilippinesEnvironment PHILIPPINES - Budget activists lauded the declaration of the Marikina watershed as a protected landscape and called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to give premium for its immediate rehabilitation to prevent disasters similar to that of “Ondoy” in the last quarter of 2009 Roland Cabigas, managing director of the La Liga Policy Institute (La Liga) said the DENR http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~3/hWH1zzLbECg/la-liga-calls-for-timely-release-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (David D'Angelo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NewzAroundUs/~4/hWH1zzLbECg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.newsaroundus.com/2012/01/la-liga-calls-for-timely-release-of.html